Interspersed with the performance are shots of the band members alongside the four elements. It features the band (dressed in frilly, floppy New Romantic fashions) playing the song on a white stage tricked out with special effects to look like a platform made of ice or crystal. "Planet Earth" (Russell Mulcahy) įairly primitive by the band's later standards, the video was shot on a sound stage at St John's Wood. Short segments show band members trying to live out their assorted daydreams, only to be teased, tormented, and made fools of by a body-painted vixen. The videos "Rio" (Russell Mulcahy) ĭuran Duran travelled to the island of Antigua in May 1982 to film the vivid music video for "Rio", which featured iconic images of the band in colourful Antony Price silk suits, singing and playing around on a yacht sailing the Caribbean. It has yet to be released on DVD, although Sing Blue Silver, Duran Duran's 1984 tour documentary, and Arena, a 1985 longform music video/concert film, both have been. This collection was originally released with stereophonic sound on LaserDisc (the original optical disc format) and Capacitance Electronic Disc formats, as well as in the Beta Hi-Fi and VHS Hi-Fi videotape formats. In February 1984, the video album Duran Duran won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, while the Video 45 won the Best Short Form award. The first one had the "clean" or "day version" of "Girls on Film" alongside "Hungry Like The Wolf", while the other had the uncensored "night version" of "Girls on Film" as well as "Hungry Like The Wolf". Prior to the video album's release, the "Video EP" Duran Duran Video 45 came out in two versions.
Videos for tracks like "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "Save a Prayer" were showpieces of this style. 1 single " Is There Something I Should Know?", and the American re-issue of their first album Duran Duran.įuture filmmaker Russell Mulcahy directed the majority of this " travelogue-style" collection of videos, featuring exotic locations and cinematic style that made Duran Duran's name as a video band. The release date, March 1983, was chosen to coincide with the promotion of the band's No.
In a move that is rarely seen today, they filmed videos during this period (1981–1983) for songs that were never released as singles – videos for the album tracks "Lonely in your Nightmare", "Night Boat" and "The Chauffeur" were shot especially for this collection. The planning for this "video album" had begun early in the band's career, as Duran Duran and their management realised the power of video as an artistic marketing tool.
2.3 "Lonely in Your Nightmare" (Russell Mulcahy).
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